ABBOTT v. GALE

No. 89-1482.

896 F.2d 323 (1990)

William D. ABBOTT, Appellant, v. John A. GALE, Member of the Board of Directors; Carroll Hill, Member of the Board of Directors; Merle Honerman, Member of the Board of Directors; James Kirkman, Member of the Board of Directors; Rose Klemm, Member of the Board of Directors; Robert McChesney, Secretary/Treasurer of the Board of Directors; Bob Phares, Chairman of the Board of Directors, and individually; Dell Shepherd M.D., Member of the Board of Directors; Earl Hipp, Member of the Board of Directors; Lee Lamberty, Member of the Board of Directors; Gary Conell, M.D., Member of the Board of Directors; Mark Sorensen, M.D., Member of the Board of Directors; Bernie Taylor, M.D., Member of the Board of Directors; Gerald Acheson, Member of the Board of Directors; Cleve Hartman, M.D., Member of the Board of Directors; Lucinda Bradley, as Chief Executive Officer of Great Plains Regional Medical Center, and individually; other unknown employees of the Great Plains Regional Medical Center; Ketchum Inc.; and Hospital Corporation of America, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Wm. Chapin, Jr., Lincoln, Neb., for appellant.

Stephen W. Kay, North Platte, Neb., for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, ARNOLD, Circuit Judge, and LARSON, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff William Abbott appeals from the district court's1 grant of defendants' motion for summary judgment. Abbott began work in September, 1986, as Vice President of Development for Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte, Nebraska. After his termination, Abbott brought suit, alleging in his second amended complaint2 that his discharge was "without cause," and that defendants were...

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